Maggie's Farm

It's time when most summering, breeding birds return to their homes in South America.

The brilliantly-colored (male) Eastern US Scarlet Tanager is heading home. They look like tropical birds because they are.

Up here, they are more often heard than seen as they are birds of the woodland treetops.

The pic is a male in breeding plumage. Now, they are yellow-green.

Scarlet Tanager

James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17

2:1 My brothers and sisters, do not claim the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory while showing partiality.

2:2 For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in,

2:3 and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, "Have a seat here in a good place, please," while to the one who is poor you say, "Stand there," or, "Sit by my footstool,"

2:4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

2:6 But you have dishonored the poor person. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court?

2:7 Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you?

2:8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.

2:9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.

2:11 For the one who said, "You shall not commit adultery," also said, "You shall not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

2:12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

2:13 For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Surely that faith cannot save, can it?

2:15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food

2:16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill," and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?

2:17 So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.

I am having a good time with this book: Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food

It must be nice not to have a lawn. Out in Wellfleet, you just have beach grasses and sand.

Of course, fancy places in Nantucket have irrigated, fertilized regular lawns. Totally fake and unnatural, but some people expect it.

I have around an acre of regular lawn. I'd prefer 50 acres of meadow, but it's what I have here. No choice but to keep it civilized.

We have posted many times about lawn care. I understand that a lawn is meant to imitate the sheep-mowed English estates.

Lawns are good for croquet and soccer. Plus they just look nice around a house in a temperate zone.

Today, just about getting your lawn power-seeded if it needs it. In September around here, it can work pretty well.

Powerseeding

 I’m a trad wife — here’s why a lot of women just want to take back their homes

Totems and Taboos - A cancelled academic has produced a fine new book about the threat posed by progressive pieties

 Climate Indoctrination Accelerates As The Narrative Breaks Down

 Say, Why Has Hurricane Activity Been So Low The Last Few Weeks?

America's killer cars

 When Students Become Terrorists - The Weather Underground railed against the establishment. Today’s campus protesters are supported by it. Call them the Weather Overground.

 Sony Humiliated After $200 Million Diversity Video Game Disaster

Stuart's Saturday Miscellany

Criticizing the press is not censorship

 Alan Dershowitz leaves Democratic Party, cites DNC: 'I was disgusted'

 Harris Wants National Rent Control. Here's What Happened When the Dutch Tried a Similar Plan.

Of course not. Still works for practical purposes.

There is no foundation to reality

These hiking trips in the Outer Hebrides were memorable in many ways. Entirely good, but strenuous 9-12 miles/day mostly. Nothing is flat.

Advice: one kipper is plenty for breakfast. They are huge.

Oh - I notice on their site that they have shortened the hikes. That might be better for some people. Remember, European hiking has different difficulty standards. 

Advice #2: Follow the guide

 Worlds most isolated tribe kill loggers encroaching on their land deep in Amazon rainforest

Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary. Male versus female is one of surprisingly few genuine dichotomies.

 How AI energy thirst might tap into geothermal power

 Dam shame: Green activists target clean hydropower to ‘save the fish’

 Volkswagen's Choice: Fire Union Workers And Cut Costs, Or Go Bankrupt

UK To “Ration” Petrol Powered Vehicles

 Illinois Democrats Crack Down on Shampoo Bottles

 Federal Workers Should Be Back In the Office. The government has been dragging its feet when it comes to telework. Taxpayers deserve better.

 Kamala Harris could censor Elon Musk’s X

VDH: The Media Lies Add Up

Like any good tyrant, Kamala wants the government to ban speech she dislikes

 Harris Campaign Spokesman Tells CNN ‘We Don’t Have Time’ to Talk About What Happened Over the Last Few Years

J.D. Vance Is the Best Person in the Race

The Trump Campaign Should Be Thankful Harris Didn’t Pick Shapiro

TNR: Trump is too crazy to be President

The Walz family supports Trump

Gaza Terror Tunnel Where Hamas Executed 6 Hostages Opened Inside Children’s Room

Sarah and the band played for my birthday party on Cape Cod in August. I've known their music for years since they play at The Pearl in Wellfleet regularly. A Cape Cod band mainly.

They like playing rockabilly, but also all sorts of things. Well, they are just plain upbeat and delightful.

Oh yeah - I did not give them a playlist except that they did learn Maggie's Farm as a favor for me. Good job.

Despite the raw bar, lobsters, etc, the band made a party a real party. Sarah Swain and the Oh Boys

Mrs. BD knows how to throw a party. Sad that Oprah and Barack did not respond.

 Scientists make history by cracking the Autism code

Harvard Launches New Intro Math Course to Address Pandemic Learning Loss

Remedial math

 A Revolution Begins in Austin, Texas. Three years ago, the University of Austin was announced in these pages. Yesterday, the school welcomed the class of 2028. This is what the president told them.

 The Group-Status Lens - A way to look at tribalism

 How Wikipedia Launders Regime Propaganda

The Cartel Takeover in Colorado Is a Dispatch From the Future. Cowardice and misplaced good intentions have brought America to the brink of chaos.

 WATCH: Tulsi Gabbard Warns Kamala Has and Will Engage in Political Retaliation and Brings the RECEIPTS

 Greg Gutfeld Takes a Flamethrower to the Mainstream Media in an EPIC Monologue

 Amazon Admits Alexa's Wildly-Biased Treatment Of Trump, Harris Questions Was 'Error'

Harris has to bus people in to rallies

A Potemkin campaign?

The War against Netanyahu

Netanyahu’s unenviable dilemma on Gaza - The desire of those around the Israeli leader appears to be to continue operations in Gaza for another year or so

Online seems to be a big deal now.

Thought for the Day: Bonhoeffer on Stupidity vs Evil

 The Therapist as Philosopher: Viktor Frankl and the Meaning of Man’s Life

‘Most People I Know Who Went Vegan Have Gone Back to Eating Meat’: Are We Losing Our Appetites for Veganism?

"We"?

 Abolish Grades - A modest proposal.

 Net Zero: ‘Totally Crazy Weather Roulette’

 Pro-Hamas Mob Terrorizes New York City During Labor Day Weekend

 NYPD officer: 75% of arrests are migrants

 Colorado Mayor Admits Police Have Lost Control of Part of Community to Venezuelan Illegal Migrant Gang “Tren de Aragua”

 Turley: Robert Reich's Call To Arrest Musk Is "Siren's Call Of Every Authoritarian"

Why Taxing unrealized capital gains is a terrible idea

Leaving the finance world aside, how do you tax unrealized gains?

Guardian: The Dems will do more to "help" men

Harris is half white: Whitelessness

Trump is orange. What's with this color thing?

The Return of Students to Campus Will Have a Big Impact on Presidential Race

I doubt it

Pro-Palestinian protesters ‘shut down’ Pomona College convocation

Kim Jong Un executes 30 officials over floods in North Korea that killed 4,000: report

Free speech is dying in Britain

 Two prominent UC Berkeley professors malign U.S. Constitution

Kamala Harris Is But A Cog In The Democrats' Machine

So was Biden

 Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, And Barack Obama Back Brazil-Style Censorship. Next Democratic president and vice president may implement sweeping plan for "fighting misinformation" and "hate speech"

 Can They Really Reinvent Kamala Harris in 70 Days?

Cringe: Watch: Kamala in Detroit vs Kamala in Pittsburgh: Kamala Harris’s Bizarre Urban Accent Disappears as She Delivers SAME LINE to Pittsburgh Voters!

It's Hoaxes All the Way Down...

Not even Kamala Harris’ biggest fans can say what the VP stands for

Something is happening  in Germany

Executed in Gaza

It's the Labor Day holiday in the US, a holiday intended to celebrate the labor union movement. For most Americans it's and end-of-summer holiday on which it is typical to go to the beach or boat, or to crank up the grill.

 The Pending Implosion Of Chicago Public Unions

The YouTuber Inadvertently Proving Conservatives Right About Work and Welfare

 Caltech’s latest STEM breakthrough: Most of its new students are women

 Unprocessed Whole Foods Are Racist, Diversity Nutritionist Claims

 Climate change classes should be ‘mandatory’ in med school, doctor says

Is "self-esteem" like a religion?

I'd love me some self-love, but never meet my standards

Robert Reich writes against free speech

 Jonathan Turley: The Struggle for and Promise of Free Speech

 Brazil’s ban on X is a taste of things to come. The global crackdown on free speech is getting more aggressive by the day.

The NYT suggests that the US Constitution is obsolete

Of course they do

RFK's Running Mate Nicole Shanahan: Are You Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome?

 Kamala Harris’ Secret Power: She Is Whatever You Want Her to Be

Body Language Experts Analyzed Kamala’s CNN Interview. Here’s What They Found.

Bill Maher's Take on the Harris-Walz Interview Was Pretty Accurate

Germany: A Cold Wind

There Will Be No ‘Day After’ in Gaza

Dark Tunnels and Moral Beacons - The names of the six murdered Israeli hostages—and the evil ideology of their executioners—should be seared into the minds of all who wish to live in civilization.

I feel that blaming is often a childish inclination. For the horrible and unnecessary WW 1, I blame human nature.

Pic is a crowded Cape Cod beach - the bay, at Wellfleet. Duck Harbor. You can walk it for hours, if you bring enough water. Can take dogs there, off leash of course. Do dogs love that? Guess. At low tide, it is dog heaven.

I have all of these books, and love them:

Beston: The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod

Richardson: The House on Nauset Marsh: A Cape Cod Memoir

Schwind: Cape Cod Fisherman

Henry David Thoreau: Cape Cod

Schneider: The Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket

John Hay: The Great Beach

Mitcham's Provincetown Seafood Cookbook. His Kale Soup and Haddock Almondine, along with all the rest of his Portuguese-influenced recipes - are immortal, but his Baked Stuffed Cod is the best. The whole Cape area has lots of Portuguese descended from the visiting Cod fishermen (Emeril, from Fall River, is one.) Interesting fellow, Mitcham. Highly productive in his life; rarely, if ever, sober from what I heard. Dead now, at 77.

I have a few other out of print Cape Cod area history books that I won't link because even Abe's doesn't have them.

The father of radio, more or less. Guglielmo Marconi was quite a fellow.

His antennae etc have all washed away now. Ocean beach erosion.

It's a better day to get in the water for some beach football.

Somebody walked away with mine in Cape Cod, but I have another. Beach footballs.

Here's a quote:

It is satisfying to manifest oneself concretely in the world, through manual competence; it has been known to make a person quiet and easy. It seems to relieve him of the need to offer chattering interpretations of himself, to vindicate his worth. He can remain quiet and simply point: The building stands, the lights are on, the car now runs.

I've been there a few times, mostly in June I think. Foothills. Horses and hiking mainly. Wildflowers, bears.

Funny thing yesterday: the car sales guy who is a legal immigrant from Bangladesh told my wife that his goal is to move to Montana. We both were reminded of the line from Hunt for Red October (a great movie).

Bangladesh to Montana? There's a change.

"Kamala’s interview last night was a reminder that we’re not running against a candidate. We’re running against a *system*. They require a candidate they can control, which means having original ideas is a disqualification. That’s exactly why we get Biden, then Kamala, and so on."

Yep (h/t Instapundit)

The cartoon omitted Jews

Coyote Beautiful: Central Park’s lone coyote has found a partner in NYC

Scholars panel tells radiologists: Don’t call first-trimester babies ‘living’

Cornell to host event on DEI in integrated pest management

It's about time

 Selling Happiness Through Illusions - The caring industry’s wellness and positivity products cannot provide self-esteem to those who do not already have it.

Medical school removes portraits of ‘old, white’ former deans in name of ‘diversity’

VDH: New Rules for Radicals: How to Reinvent Kamala Harris

They appear to be doing quite a job

McWhorter: Joy is a Euphemism for Black

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

A good useful thing, good training.

How to join.